Pest hot spots: Receiving and storage areas
Work with your pest management professional to implement an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program to make sure pests aren’t given easy entry. By eliminating attractants in this area, an IPM approach...
New model of care presents new risks
Whether you’re a long-term care leader who has already made the decision to align your organization with an ACO or are still in the process of weighing the decision, one thing everyone can agree...
Pay cuts could wipe out labs, hurt nursing homes
When it comes to worries about how Medicare doctors will be paid, nursing home operators have thought they should stand at the front of a long and anxious line. Truth be told, they have some stiff competition...
Puppy Bowl and bending it like Beckham
Let’s face it: Sometimes life at work can be like the Denver Broncos at this year’s Super Bowl. And if we let that get in the way, we’re going to feel like Peyton Manning on his way to...
Melling becomes HIMSS committee chairman
Jon Melling, a Pivot Point partner, has been appointed as the chairman of the Health Business Solutions Committee for Healthcare Information Management Systems Society through fiscal year 2015.
Nurse and therapist are two of the best jobs in the US — or are they?
Registered nurse, physical therapist and nurse practitioner are three of the top 10 jobs in the United States, according to new rankings from U.S. News and World Report. This might come as a big surprise...
Why we invested in aquatics
Many seniors today are accustomed to an active lifestyle and wish to continue this lifestyle well into retirement age. But because of injury, chronic health issues or disease, exercise—traditional, land-based...
What I’ve learned as a young CEO
I am reminded of my age often, whether it’s when meeting peers, working with residents or even introducing myself to families. I have to earn respect quickly and, in some ways, have to convince them...
Why nursing homes won’t be catching many breaks this year
When you talk to experts in this field about the year ahead, an unsettling pattern soon emerges. Almost everyone seems fairly confident that regulators will be taking a much closer look at operators.
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